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Transforming Honduras
Buckner Opens New Centers in Tegucigalpa, RoatanBy Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalWatch video about Buckner Honduras director TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Scattered along the river banks of Flor del Campo,...
Reasons to Return to Kenya
By Dave AtkinsAs I hop out of the white van, I pretend not to see her. I’ve been here before; I know her name and she knows...
Above and Beyond
Buckner foster family adopts, stays connected with birth familyBy Amy StoneDALLAS – When 2-year-old Jeremiah first arrived at the Williams’ home as a foster child, he couldn’t...
Diapers, Bibs and Camp
By Brittany BlackBurnet, TEXAS — By the time Cecilia Lopez was 16, she already had two sons. So going to camp was out of the question until...
Buckner Vietnam Orphans Return to Homeland they Fled
[caption id="attachment_2566" align="aligncenter" width="485" caption="Holme Oltrogee consoles his mother, Nguyen Thi Thuan. Oltrogee was among a group of orphans fleeing Vietnam for Buckner Children’s Home in Dallas...
Buckner Children’s Village Celebrates 40 Years
By Brittany BlackBEAUMONT, Texas – After 40 years, Buckner Children’s Village in Beaumont is a place where traditions are still carried out and smiles are still being...
From Glass Slippers to Shoes for Orphan Souls
By Brittany BlackST. CHARLES, Illinois – If one shoe changed Cinderella’s life, imagine what a pair of shoes could do. The cast of Cinderella at Noble Fools...
Buckner Center to Combat Child Abandonment in Guatemala
Analiz G. SchremmerSAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala – Buckner opened a new Community Transformation Center on May 25 to serve people in one of Guatemala’s most impoverished communities...
Keller Williams Realty Renovates Emergency Shelter
BEAUMONT, Texas — Sixteen foster children from Buckner Children’s Village ran through a crowd of volunteers May 13 yelling, “Move that Van” – Extreme Home Makeover, style.They...
Healing Abused and Neglected Children
For 131 years, Buckner has cared for many of the least fortunate boys and girls in our society. Many of these children have endured appalling suffering: physical...